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Launched in 2002, the Global Partnership for Education is a multi-stakeholder partnership and funding platform dedicated to strengthening education systems in developing countries. Its primary goal is to ensure that every child, particularly those in the lowest-income and crisis-affected regions, has access to quality education.
Priorities
- Access to education
- Domestic financing
- Early learning
- Education in crisis
- Gender equality
- Inclusive education
- Quality teaching
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Pacific region
Video: ADB and GPE Working Together to Bring Quality Education to Children
ADB and the Global Partnership for Education have collaborated closely since 2015 to improve the quality of education in a climate-resistant learning environment in the Pacific.
Nepal
Strong Secondary School Systems for Sustainable Growth
A strong and sustainable secondary system will help Nepal achieve its economic and development goals. The government is working closely with ADB and its financing partners to improve access to and quality of secondary education, beginning with competitive curricula, scholarships for poor students, and pilot-testing model secondary schools.
Bangladesh
Keeping the Kids in Primary School
Bangladesh’s Primary Education Development Program introduced innovative approaches that changed the face of basic education in the country, helping increase primary school enrollment and completion rates over the last 20 years.
Financing Commitments
The Global Partnership for Education Fund contributes to ADB’s development initiatives through cofinancing.
Cofinancing
2024
- Project-Specific Cofinancing $0.4 million
5-YEARS
- Project-Specific Cofinancing $15.8 million
2024 cofinancing highlights
Sovereign Cofinancing. In 2024, the Global Partnership for Education Fund committed a program development grant of $0.4 million to finance activities to support the processing of two education program application packages in Bangladesh and Kiribati.
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